April 18, 2010

colorful water, Lagunitas Creek

Not to come off sounding like the twit of the year, but I sort of think water reflection shots, like these, are sort of my specialty.

click photo for full-size imagephoto by Donald Kinney

Ask me, and I'd usually tell you that taking photos is about as difficult as falling off a log -- but these colorful water shots can be elusive. Shooting wide-open at f-4 gives a very narrow focus, and at ISO-100 the shutter speeds dip to a point where hand-holding the camera can be problematic.

click photo for full-size imagephoto by Donald Kinney

All sorts of interesting and bubbly things going on at Lagunitas Creek, where for just a brief time and under the right conditions, water turns to gold...